[2] The film Having a Wild Weekend was the directorial debut of John Boorman and combined social drama with light-hearted fun in the vein of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night.

[5] It was released on 28 June 1965 on the Epic Records label in both mono (LN 24162) and electronic stereo versions (BN 26162).

The album cover art featured the band in a scene from the film with actress Barbara Ferris.

Dave Clark as Groucho Marx, Mike Smith as Jean Harlow, Rick Huxley as Stan Laurel, Denis Payton as Sabu (only Lenny Davidson is dressed as an anonymous "bathing belle").

Billboard magazine wrote in the official review, "The rocker New Kind of Love and the swinging Catch Us If You Can have the earmarks of singles hits.